Hair as evidence | Hair structure/anatomy | Crimes involving Hair |
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What is race?
Some analysis of hair can categorize hair into broad groups of:
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What is anagen?
This is the phase that each hair spends several years in. (hair is actively growing)
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what are multiple murders?
List the crimes that Roger Kibbe committed
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What is class evidence?
Hair is considered THIS type of evidence
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What is catagen?
This is the phase that hair growth slows down, potential loss of melanin and turns gray.
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What is :fungal spores and paint chips on the carpet fibers of his car matched the rope found on one of the victims. He later confessed to the crimes committed
List 2 pieces of evidence that was used to convict Kibbe
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What are:
-Human or animal origin. -History of drugs or other toxins. -Manner in which the hair was removed.
List 3 ways hair can be used to determine:
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What is telogen?
This is the phase that the follicle become dormant; hairs are easily lost. (Hair growth stops and the old hair detaches from the hair follicle)
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What is: convicted of murder, life in prison
This was the end result of the Kibbe case: (charged with, and sentence)
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What are:
Tweezers Tape Vacuum
List 3 tools that can be used to collect hair from a crime scene
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What is
-Hair becomes brittle -Disturbance of cuticle scales -Pigment can be removed
List 3 ways dying (coloring) one's hair can affect the hair.
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what is: Fingernail scrapings matched the chemical composition of Marie's make up.
Edmond Locard identified and confirmed who the culprit was in the murder of Marie Latelle by doing this:
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What is attached DNA?
Why is it so important to determine if hair was removed or naturally fell out of a person when examining hair from a crime scene?
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What is the cortex?
Which layer of hair is usually the thickest, and contains the pigment melanin that gives hair it's color?
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